8-letter words containing a, r, s, g
- sandburg — Carl, 1878–1967, U.S. poet and biographer.
- sangaree — sangría.
- sanglier — a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
- sangraal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- sangreal — grail (def 1); the Holy Grail.
- saprogen — a plant or animal that can produce decay.
- saramago — José [zhoo-ze] /ʒʊˈzɛ/ (Show IPA), 1922–2010, Portuguese journalist, playwright, and novelist: Nobel prize 1998.
- saratoga — a city in W California.
- sardegna — a large island in the Mediterranean, W of Italy: with small nearby islands it comprises a department of Italy. 9301 sq. mi. (24,090 sq. km).
- sargasso — a gulfweed.
- sargeson — Frank. 1903–82, New Zealand short-story writer and novelist. His work includes the short-story collection That Summer and Other Stories (1946) and the novel I Saw in my Dream (1949)
- sargodha — a city in NE Pakistan.
- sastruga — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- sastrugi — Usually, sastrugi. ridges of snow formed on a snowfield by the action of the wind.
- savagery — an uncivilized or barbaric state or condition; barbarity.
- savegard — safe conduct, protection
- savoring — the quality in a substance that affects the sense of taste or of smell.
- sawgrass — any of various sedges of the genus Cladium, of tropical and temperate regions, having spiny, serrated leaves.
- scaliger — Joseph Justus [juhs-tuh s] /ˈdʒʌs təs/ (Show IPA), 1540–1609, French scholar and critic.
- scarfing — a long, broad strip of wool, silk, lace, or other material worn about the neck, shoulders, or head, for ornament or protection against cold, drafts, etc.; muffler.
- scargill — Arthur. born 1938, British trades union leader; president of the National Union of Mineworkers (1982–2002). He led the miners in a long and bitter strike (1984–85), but failed to prevent pit closures
- scarmoge — a skirmish or minor conflict
- scarring — a mark left by a healed wound, sore, or burn.
- scavager — a person whose responsibility is to ensure the streets are kept clean
- schlager — a type of European popular music focusing on love and feelings
- scragged — a lean or scrawny person or animal.
- scraggly — irregular; uneven; jagged.
- scraping — an act or instance of scraping.
- screwage — /skroo'*j/ Like lossage but connotes that the failure is due to a designed-in misfeature rather than a simple inadequacy or a mere bug.
- sea-girt — surrounded by the sea.
- seagrass — Seagrass is a plant that grows in shallow salt water and is used especially to make mats and floor coverings.
- segreant — (of a griffin) rampant.
- selangor — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 3160 sq. mi. (8184 sq. km). Capital: Shah Alam.
- semarang — a seaport on N Java, in S Indonesia.
- seraglio — the part of a Muslim house or palace in which the wives and concubines are secluded; harem.
- sergeant — Ancient Eboracum. a city in North Yorkshire, in NE England, on the Ouse: the capital of Roman Britain; cathedral.
- sewerage — the removal of waste water and refuse by means of sewers.
- shagbark — a hickory, Carya ovata, having shaggy, rough bark and yielding a valuable wood.
- shagreen — an untanned leather with a granular surface, prepared from the hide of a horse, shark, seal, etc.
- shagroon — a nineteenth-century Australian settler in Canterbury
- sharking — a person who preys greedily on others, as by cheating or usury.
- sharping — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shearing — Usually, shears. (sometimes used with a singular verb) scissors of large size (usually used with pair of). any of various other cutting implements or machines having two blades that resemble or suggest those of scissors.
- shortage — a deficiency in quantity: a shortage of cash.
- signoria — the government of an Italian city-state
- singular — extraordinary; remarkable; exceptional: a singular success.
- skiagram — a picture made by outlining and shading a subject's shadow.
- sluggard — a person who is habitually inactive or lazy.
- smarting — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- snot rag — a handkerchief